BMW E46 330dA Touring
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Love a good 330d thread. Very enjoyable read.
Had mine for 4 years and when it left me had just clocked 250k miles (although was a facelift manual) still on the original turbo, clutch, flywheel etc. Apart from general consumables and the common E46 issues (front wishbones, trailing arm bushes etc.) never put a foot wrong.
Had mine for 4 years and when it left me had just clocked 250k miles (although was a facelift manual) still on the original turbo, clutch, flywheel etc. Apart from general consumables and the common E46 issues (front wishbones, trailing arm bushes etc.) never put a foot wrong.
Alpina bumper on:
Car is currently showing 50mpg average. Not bad for approx 246k miles, 17 years old. Got a few little jobs to do soon, aux belt tensioner and a track rod end.
Anorak question: in my pic headlights and brake lights are on, car is locked and empty. How is this possible? No prize I’m afraid.
Car is currently showing 50mpg average. Not bad for approx 246k miles, 17 years old. Got a few little jobs to do soon, aux belt tensioner and a track rod end.
Anorak question: in my pic headlights and brake lights are on, car is locked and empty. How is this possible? No prize I’m afraid.
New aux belt pulley and tensioner today. Ina parts, seems they made the originals for BMW too. Note date stamps:
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Edited by helix402 on Thursday 2nd November 16:47
helix402 said:
Still running the original viscous fan and electric. I did an experiment once with the viscous fan removed and just the electric when I had a 328iA E46. Engine temp was fine but gearbox temp increased. Even though this 330 is a manual now I’ll keep the viscous.
No gearbox oil cooler on the manual of course, just the auto.Great thread!
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